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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo to Push Cost Cuts Amid Competition

02 October 2012 - Nippon Steel Corp., which formally combined on 1 October with Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd., will push to accelerate cost cuts in a bid to become more competitive with steelmakers in China and South Korea, Bloomberg reports.

Evraz Stratcor to Start Recovering Vanadium From Roasted Slag at Arkansas Plant

02 October 2012 - As part of its long-term plan to diversify the feed stocks used in its vanadium operations, EVRAZ Stratcor’s Hot Springs, Ark., plant will start processing roasted vanadium-bearing steelmaking slag in November 2012.

Evraz Announces Purchase of Two Sims Metal Management Assets

02 October 2012 - EVRAZ plc announced the purchase of two recycling assets in Colorado from Sims Metal Management.

Siemens Names New Vice President of Metals Technologies Business in U.S.

01 October 2012 - Siemens announced that Albrecht Neumann has been appointed vice president of the company’s Metals Technologies business unit in the United States effective 1 October 2012.

Mechel Announces Commissioning of Seasonal Washing Plant at the Elga Coal Deposit

01 October 2012 - Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announced the commissioning of a seasonal washing plant and production of the first volumes of concentrate of coking coal mined at the Elga deposit.

ArcelorMittal Kazakhstan Coal Pioneers Methane Power Project

01 October 2012 - ArcelorMittal Kazakhstan’s coal mining team is deploying technology to use gas from the country’s mines to generate electricity.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Announces Change to Management Board

01 October 2012 - Dr. Jost A. Massenberg (56), longstanding Chief Sales Officer of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, is leaving the company at his own request to take on a new professional challenge.

Ellwood Group Announces Metallurgy Scholarship

01 October 2012 - Ellwood Group, Inc. (EGI) is pleased to announce its Annual Metallurgy Scholarship. In the interest of reaching a broader, more rounded pool of students, it has expanded the scholarship opportunities and criteria. A $15,000 scholarship will be awarded to the top candidate; and up to three additional $5,000 scholarships will be available to well qualified students.

MTUS Technology Upgrades Vacuum Degassing Facility at Ellwood Quality Steel

01 October 2012 - MTUS Technology Inc., headquartered in Brunswick, Ohio, has supplied and commissioned a new automatic pneumatic dust discharge system, which is connected to an existing vacuum bag filter, serving a 45-ton vacuum degasser at Ellwood WQuality Steel in New Castle, Pa.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Helps Reduce Emissions from Local Household Heating

01 October 2012 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava in the Czech Republic has given 5 million crowns (US$257,630) in order to support the replacement of old environment-unfriendly household boilers in the region.

Georgian American Alloys Acquires CC Metals and Alloys

01 October 2012 - Georgian American Alloys, Inc. (GAA) has acquired the membership interests of CC Metals & Alloys (CCMA), a leading producer and supplier of high-grade ferrosilicon alloys for use in the steel, foundry and welding rod industries, from affiliated Optima Group LLC in exchange for shares of GAA.

ArcelorMittal Atlantique and Lorraine Announce Intention to Permanently Close the Liquid Phase in Florange

01 October 2012 - ArcelorMittal Atlantique and Lorraine met today with its central works council to discuss its intention to present a proposal for the future of its Florange plant.

ArcelorMittal Atlantique and Lorraine Announce Intention to Permanently Close the Liquid Phase in Florange

01 October 2012 - ArcelorMittal Atlantique and Lorraine met today with its central works council to discuss its intention to present a proposal for the future of its Florange plant.

Outokumpu Submits Alternative Remedy Proposal Related to Inoxum Transaction

01 October 2012 - Following the market testing of Outokumpu’s initial remedy proposal announced on 20 September 2012, the EU Commission has informed Outokumpu that the divestment of the Swedish melting and coil operations may not be sufficient to permit the approval of the Inoxum transaction.

U.S. Steel Announces Ratification of New Collective Bargaining Agreements by USW-Represented Employees

01 October 2012 - United States Steel Corporation and its U. S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc. subsidiary announced that its United Steelworkers-represented employees have ratified new three-year collective bargaining agreements.

Brisk Demand Makes India a Bright Spot for Global Steelmakers

28 September 2012 - India is emerging as the sole bright spot for global steelmakers as brisk demand coupled with scarcity of raw material looks set to buoy imports by Asia’s third-largest economy in the next two years, bucking a slowdown that has hit even top consumer China, Reuters reports.

Ilva Told Cut Pollution From Toxic Steelworks or Lose License

28 September 2012 - Steelmaker ILVA must follow a court order to drastically reduce pollution from its factory in southern Italy, Europe’s biggest steelworks, or risk losing its environmental authorization, the Environment Ministry warned on Friday, according to a Reuters report.

ThyssenKrupp Sells Tailored Blanks to Wuhan Iron and Steel

28 September 2012 - ThyssenKrupp AG has signed an agreement with Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO) for the sale of for its subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks, which produces tailored steel blanks for the auto industry.

TMK Commissions New Production Lines at TMK-INOX

27 September 2012 - TMK-INOX, a subsidiary of TMK, has commissioned a shop manufacturing stainless steel and alloy-based welded precision pipes in Russia.

Olympic Steel to Expand Operations in Pennsylvania

27 September 2012 - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett announced that Olympic Steel Inc. will expand its steel processing facility in Franklin County, creating at least 90 new manufacturing jobs.

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